On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 11:47, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > Le Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 11:12:26AM +0100, Ross Burton �crivait: > > > 4- CVS/SVN usage : > > > ------------------ > > > > > > Akira TAGOH has proposed to create a module for each source-package (the > > > module name is the name of the source package) with the debian dir > > > included. We could include the whole package for the native ones and > > > doc for example. > > > > I like the idea of the full upstream source in CVS, as it should make > > things easier. However, I've never actually done this, has anyone else? > > Considering the size of Gnome I doubt this is a good idea. Better only > maintain the debian directory with SVN/CVS. Of course, the debian dir > should be the only change to the upstream source. That means all > packages should use a system like dpatch to be able to modify the > upstream sources.
Thats a good point. Are there tools to make managing just debian/ in
CVS easy, or should we write some as we go?
> A convention to avoid mistakes is to use the new version but indicate
> "UNRELEASED" instead of unstable to avoid unwanted uploads.
>
> Suppose current unstable version is 1.2-1 and you want to work on the
> next upload which is planned to be 1.2-2 you just put this in the
> changelog :
> mypkg (1.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
>
> * Maintainer One
> - Change 1
> - Change 2
> * Maintainer Two
> - Change 1
> - Change 2
>
> And when you're ready to upload you just s/UNRELEASED/unstable/ and
> you're done.
Looks good to me, the UNRELEASED trick is nice.
Ross
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